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BUZZACOTT
Amanda Francis BSc ACA
Managing Partner
T: 020 7556 1261
E: francisa@buzzacott.co.uk
Amanda is the managing partner of Buzzacott LLP. She is a partner in the charity team and works with a wide range of charities including the diocesan clients, 40 plus Roman Catholic religious institutes and a number of Anglican Communities. She has specialised in the provision of audit and advisory services to the not-for- pro t sector, and in particular faith based charities, since the early 1990s.
As well as audit, Amanda undertakes projects for clients including assisting with strategic reviews and nancial forecasting, advising on reserves policies and the content of trustees’ reports, the format of the annual accounts, the transfer of foundations to new charitable bodies, and many other matters. She is a member of the Buzzacott team which authored “Charity Accounting and Taxation” published by Bloomsbury Professional Publishing and presents at
our client seminars as well as external conferences and events. She is a regular presenter at the Association of Provincial Bursars Annual Conference and at the Conference of Religious.
Amanda is a Governor and the Treasurer of Royal Star and Garter Homes, a registered charity providing residential, nursing and dementia care to ex service personnel. She is also a governor and chair of the audit committee of London Institute of Banking and Finance, an educational establishment with degree awarding powers but one that also offers further education and A level courses, and is also a trustee of the Buzzacott Stuart Defries Memorial Fund.
Amanda is a Dame of the Papal order of Saint Sylvester.
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